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Job Description

Use nets, fishing rods, traps, or other equipment to catch and gather fish or other aquatic animals from rivers, lakes, or oceans, for human consumption or other uses. May haul game onto ship.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-3011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 30,740.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 520 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Fishers and Related Fishing Workers”.

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Tasks for “Moss Bleacher”

Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.

Related Technology & Tools

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Stake nets
Undecked fishing vessels
Electric windlasses
Hook files
Trolling blocks
Fish finders
Pneumatic marine fenders
Gill nets
Dip nets
Balloon trawls
Jigs
Beach seines
Fishing rowboats
Trawlers
Inflatable life rafts
Hand windlasses
Polyballs
Mooring buoys
Toggles
Fishing pliers
Strobe lights
Skiffs
Immersion suits
Radio buoys
Half-face respirators
Anchor chains
Downriggers
Longline blocks
Float lines
Weir traps
Mooring lines
Brailers
Purse seines
Bench-mounted crimpers
Lobster pots
Multibeam sonar equipment
Hand crimpers
Radio direction finders RDF
Fathometer sonar equipment
Line haulers
Eel traps
Slat boxes
Hydraulic windlasses
Marine hard hats
Boat hooks
Set nets
Marine fire extinguishers
Laptop computers
Longline snaps
Anchor release hooks
Acorn buoys
Snatch blocks
Wire rope cutters
Wood shell blocks
Hydraulic capstans
Marine first aid equipment
Digital spring balance scales
Fishing life preservers
Marine radar reflectors
Personal computers
Electric bottom-fishing reels
Power blocks
Lobster traps
Commercial fishing vessel lifeboats
Cast nets
Hand capstans
Pair trawls
Gypsy hoists
Fishing poles
Longline spools
Bait freezers
Trollers
Fish magnets
Seiners
Longline haulers
Handlines
Dehookers
Distress flags
Commercial fishing line sinkers
Drogues
Thimbles
Hook counters
Gaffs
Searchlight sonars
Tablet computers
Fish pots
Jigging machines
Otter trawls
Groundlines
Magnetic compasses
Safety vests
Leader carts
Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
Dogbones
Trotlines
Fishing dredges
Scottish seines
Hook timers
Fishing dinghies
Small decked fishing vessels
Net haulers
Chain stoppers
Large decked fishing vessels
Deck winches
Fixed blade knives
Crab tongs
Fish transfer pumps
Harpoons
Life throw rings
Pound nets
Net cleaning machines
Stow nets
Fishing scissors
Sink lines
Trammel nets
Distress flares
Gillnetters
Marine radar navigation systems
Crab nets
Crab pots
Trap harnesses
Marine sextants
Anchors
Commercial fish or shark hooks
Shrimp winches
Drift nets
Bilge pumping systems
Pot haulers
Fishing spears
Emergency position-indicating radio beacons
Fishing utility knives
Bullet buoys
Fish tag guns
Danish seines
Triplex trawls
Hoop nets
Knuckle-boom cranes
Planers
Satellite radios
Scuba diving equipment
Foam-filled marine fenders
Midwater trawls
Ice shovels
Line setters
Pulse trawls

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